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Sunday, August 5, 2012

How many people who think they have seen a UFO flying saucer were looking at some US military prototype?

8:26 PM flying saucer, Military, prototype, unique, WW2 No comments

how crazy of a design is this? found on http://dieselpunk.livejournal.com/524428.html

1923 Marmon Harrington (love their creations) the original road train, the Damascus to Bahgdad run

8:22 PM Marmon, off roading, train, unique, unusual No comments

How this came to be is written up in an article http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198104/the.nairn.way.htm in which the Nairn brothers found a need and filled it with a bus route between Syria and Damascus, cutting the 70 mile route in 1/3rd the time.

found on http://dieselpunk.livejournal.com/521142.html

Some cars set speed records, but weren't fortunate enough to be savvy enough to get an organization to be there to "Sanction" it, and AAA wouldn't bless a run unless you were a member. Huh.

8:26 PM land speed record holder, race cars, streamliner, unique, unusual No comments

notice the writing on the photo, especially that on the upper left hand corner

very rare to have wire wheels in 1922, they go back to 1908 at least, but very uncommon

in 1922 Sig Haugdahl built this wire wheeled streamliner with a 6 cylinder, 836cu in, 13.7 liter, airplane engine. He ran it on Daytona beach, and beat the previous record by 24 mph. The previous might have been that of the Mephistople, or the Blitzen Benz.
found on http://silodrome.com/sig-haugdahl-wisconsin-special/

Messerschmitt-Me-323

7:48 PM airplane, unique, WW2 No comments

I don't recall where I found these images...

Studio44Werks has posted some cool interesting swap meet stuff!

12:27 PM bicycle, design, homemade, trailer, unique, unusual, vintage No comments

Either a straight six, or a v12 powers this Rolls Royce hood ornamented boat tailed vintage appearing bare aluminum beast. Anyone have better photos of it?

Check out this trailer... looks like a 55 gallon steel drum with a cleaver, come-along, and shovel with a hanged section to get access to the vouminous interior... that is some garage made one of a kind trailer right there! Looking ahead to the sidecar motorcycle of rust and rebar... I think someone is making things up as they go along

that is a stunning design of engine cover

I've never seen a sprocket with art deco eagle designs before... wow

from the Finland blog http://studio44werks.blogspot.fi/

a unique look at automotive design, the French car of 1934, Avions Voisin Aerodyne from the Mullin Museum

10:11 PM Avoin Voisin, Dana Point Concours de Elegance 2012, french, unique, unusual No comments

Notice the roof is slightly slid back to let just the front seats get the sun

this Paul Poiret fabric interior is not unique among Avoins Voisin, the pink is from the C14 Charte posted on http://southsiders-mc.blogspot.fr/2010/02/avions-voisin-c14-chartre.html

this sliding roof with multiple windows... never seen anything like it

If you are interested in the unusual, the French, and the Voisin cars... strap in, and check out the fantastic variety and unique appearance of every single car I've posted that they've made. Nothing in common. No one has that much style anymore http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Avoin%20Voisin

Northrup's flying wing bomber (the XB-35)

11:34 PM airplane, Military, unique, unusual, WW2 No comments

Northrop's Flying Wing Bomber known as the XB-35 in flight in 1946. The XB-35 was an experimental heavy bomber developed for the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. The project was terminated shortly after the war, due to its technical difficulties. (AP Photo) via http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/10/world-war-ii-after-the-war/100180/ thanks Mike!

1957 Fiat Eden Rock (or Marina) built on a Multipla chassis by PininFarina because the Fiat founding family wanted a go-fer car for their French resort villa

10:49 PM concours, Concours De Elegance, Fiat, Huntington Beach Concours, Italian, Pinin Farina, rare, unique No comments

The car was commissioned by the family that founded Fiat, the Agnelli family. They also had the largest holdings on the Italian stock exchange. They owned a remarkable French villa, one famous for once having been owned by kings, and entered the car in the 1957 Paris auto show... and I guess that is where the Cord and Doheny family saw it and bought it, because they had it at their vacation resort, Lake Arrowhead California by 1959.

The special 600 was called the "Eden Roc" as the promontory overlooking Cap d'Antibes along the coastline of Cote d'Azur where the Villa Leopolda is, in the town of Villefranche-sur-Mer. The little Fiat was used to shuttle guests around the 20-acre villa and town.

In the late '60s, this car was taken to the Lingotto in Turin and replaced the Fiat 1900 Cabriolet Boano used by Prof. Valletta to lead guests to visit the factory. http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/other-italian-cars/160958-funny-fiat.html

The French resort was Villa Leopolda, owned by King Leopold of Belgium, and King Albert after him. It was used in the Hitchcock movie "To Catch A aThief" that starred grace Kelly, later Princess of Monaco.

Most recently, according to Wikipedia, it's owned by the Russian billionaire, and he bought it for the world record price of 370 Euro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Leopolda

The Doheny family connection is interesting, as their former mansion, Graystone, is the site of the Beverly Hills concours I went a couple weeks ago. Doheny was an oil magnate, and married the daughter of the Cord Automobile company founder. Cord company holding included American Airways, Checker Cabs, Cord and Auburn automobile companies